What to do on King's Day 2025?

🧡 Koningsdag 2025 is just around the corner and that means only one thing: orange outfits out of the closet, making plans and enjoying the coziest day of the year. Whether you love festivals, floating on the canals or other fun activities, there's really something for everyone to do. We'll list the most fun ideas for you!

Koningsdag in Doetinchem 2025

👑 This year Doetinchem is the place where it all happens, because the royal family will pay an official visit to this Achterhoek city on April 26th. So expect an extra festive atmosphere, complete with performances, cultural presentations, local delicacies and a program that focuses on everything that Doetinchem and its surroundings have to offer. Ideal if you want to experience the real Koningsdag feeling up close!

The coolest festivals on Koningsdag 2025

🎉 Koningsdag is of course the moment to go wild with your friends at a festival. Whether you love house, techno, hardstyle or pop, there's something for everyone. Here are this year's coolest festivals:

538 Koningsdag – Breda

🎶 538 Koningsdag at Chasséveld in Breda guarantees a mix of pop, dance and Dutch-language music. The 2025 lineup includes Brennan Heart, Chef'Special, Davina Michelle, Kraantje Pappie, Kris Kross Amsterdam, Lucas & Steve, Snollebollekes and Suzan & Freek.

Source: Radio 538

Supersized Kingsday Festival – Best

🔊 Hardstyle lovers can get their fill at the Supersized Kingsday Festival in Best. With multiple areas and more than 85 artists, this festival offers a wide range of hardstyle, hardcore and classics.

Kingsland Festival – Amsterdam and Groningen

🎸 Kingsland Festival is celebrating its editions in both Amsterdam and Groningen this year. In Amsterdam, artists like Bankzitters, Zoë Tauran, Jonna Fraser, Kris Kross Amsterdam, Roxy Dekker and Lil Kleine will perform. In Groningen you can enjoy artists like AAT, Bankzitters, Benny Rodrigues, Berkan V8, Bilal Wahib, Bizzey, Bokoesam and Brennan Heart. Tickets and the complete lineup can be found on the official website.

BURST by Loveland – Amsterdam

🎧 For techno and house lovers, there's Loveland by O Orange at Meerpark in Amsterdam. Previous editions featured big names like Marco Carola, Maceo Plex and Jamie Jones. The line-up for 2025 includes: Marlon Hoffstadt and Chris Stussy.

Ra:dius Festival – Maastricht

🎵 Ra:dius Festival in Maastricht offers an intimate setting with a focus on electronic music. The festival takes place at the Radium Terrain and promises a mix of international and local artists. You can find the line-up for 2025 on the official website.

The Orange Bike Route: active and orange

🚴‍♂️ Feel like celebrating King's Day a little differently? Jump on your bike and discover the Netherlands via the Orange Bike Route. This route connects royal hotspots with beautiful nature, castles and charming villages. You decide how far you go, whether you want to cycle for an hour or be out for a whole day. Along the way you'll come across all kinds of festive stops where you can get off for an orange beer or fresh stroopwafel.

Source: Orange Bike Route

King's Day Amsterdam

📍 King's Day in Amsterdam has been the most visited holiday for decades. Often more than half a million partygoers come to the capital, with peaks of up to three-quarter million in busy years. This year will be no different and there's plenty to do:

Flea markets in the city

🧺 Scattered throughout Amsterdam you'll find cozy flea markets, where residents sell their second-hand items. The most famous are:

• Vondelpark – especially for children

• De Jordaan – classic and busy

• NDSM-werf – creative and alternative

Pllek King's Day (NDSM-werf)

🌊 Free accessible event on the IJ with music, food trucks and activities for young and old. Laid-back vibes with water views.

King Loesoe at Café Thijssen (Jordaan)

🎈 Street party in honor of the café's 35th anniversary, with sing-alongs, drinks and neighborhood fun.

Rent a boat

🛥️ When you think of King's Day in Amsterdam, you immediately think of the canals full of orange-decorated boats, music, sun and a nice drink in hand. You need to be early, as most boats are already reserved months in advance.

In short:

💡 King's Day 2025 is accessible to everyone. From royal visits to royal beats, from cycling to boating and of course eating the ultimate guilty pleasure: an orange tompouce. Whatever you're looking for, with these t ips get the most out of your orange day!